North To Alaska

North To Alaska

QIC: Drama Queen

Date: 08/16/2018

PAX:  Schneider, Ice Dancer, ShakeNBake, Skidmark, 60 Minutes, Buttermaker, Drama Queen – also joining for Mary after a 5 mi run – Drano and Offsides

Early in the week Site Q @SourMash sent the reminder tweet to YHC and after my positive response he even sent a theme idea.  On this day in history, gold was discovered in the Yukon beginning the Yukon/Alaska gold rush of the late 1890s.  What the heck – YHC has been busy but the idea is always the hardest part – a few discarded exercises that would have been an even greater stretch later, we had a workout.

6 other pax joined me although there were 2 extra cars that we determined to be Drano and Offsides – oh well they know what time we start so it was off after a very brief description of why we would be doing these gold rush related exercises.  As an added bonus, YHC treated the pax to a little music (Q experiment #1) the Johnny Horton classic – North To Alaska.  Tclaps to Skidmark for knowing the artist.  The music lasted to our first stop.  Oh you want to hear about the workout – almost forgot

Run to first corner
8 SSHs/ 16 IWs – Q fail called 15 on SSHs ID offered to give 7 of his back

Run to corner near 158
8 Breast strokes (might need to swim rivers) / 16 Whirlies W/ clap (watch out for those houses of ill repute)

Run to corner near Broyhill suites
8 jab/crosses r&l / 16 side kicks r/l (never know when you might have to fight for your gold claim)

Run to corner -back at school parking lot –  getting closer
8 mtn climbers / 16 apollo onos aka speed skaters (it’s mountainous and cold up here in the Yukon)

Run to blocks/bricks
Now we’ve got to mine the gold
12 pick axes – aka the Haas R
12 get gold out of ground – aka bo rows
12 gold pan sifters – make circles w/”pans” (Q experiment #2)
12 claim filers – outward push

REPEATO – do opposite motion on pick axes and sifters
After round two – we’ve done 96 reps so we did some combos of 8/16/96 and 15 SSHs

put up blocks

To field
Partner push
Partner pull
Partner carry
Dog sleds – aka Saratogas – repeato on these

Back to Parking lot for Mary

Q called Snow Angels and Russian Twists.  Rest of pax called various standards until we came to Drano the runner who called 10 burpees.  We did them and we were done.

NMM

Good to see Skidmark again – YHC had heard rumors of his return

However, Skidmark may not have been happy to see ShakeN Bake who dropped him at some point of Partner carry – don’t believe any lasting damage or skidmarks on the field

The Bronco field was very nice today with freshly painted lines and great grass – Hope Carla doesn’t monitor our use of this

Thanks to the pax for putting up with the theme – most exercises were not too much of a stretch – sidekicks and breaststrokes near traffic raised a little mc as expected

Runners put in 5 miles – so they say – glad they joined us for Mary until Drano called burpees

60 Minutes was making Novant connections at the end of workout – glad he knows more people there than just Mongoose

Finally, the Site Q Sour Mash was noticeably absent for a workout which he suggested the theme.  All that work that YHC put in …ugh. He is quite the runner now and needed a recovery day.  Put me down for next August 16 and we’ll do it again.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Shmedfest and all related activities next Sat 8/25.  Watch Twitter for specifics – pax may want to follow FIA twitter site for better info although ID feels that could be stalking if your M is not in FIA

BBBC launches from Emanuel BC on L-C Road near US 421 exit.

COT

YHC took us out with experiment #3 – learned this in posting last Sat in Greenville SC.  At the end of standard thanks and asks – YHC said something to the effect of thanks for the ability to come out and exercise for the day will come when we are not able to do so (and after preprayer instruction pax responded) …But today is not that day.

always an honor

DQ